OSP investigating death of 25-year-old near Pendleton

Oregon State Police, with the assistance of the Umatilla County Deputy Medical Examiner, is continuing the investigation into the death of a 25-year-old Hillsboro man. Preliminary investigation indicates a drug overdose is the apparent cause of death. According to Lt. Mike Turner, on Tuesday at approximately 8:57 a.m., OSP troopers from the Pendleton office and local EMS personnel responded to a medical emergency call along Interstate 84 eastbound near milepost 212 in the Pendleton area. Upon arrival, EMS personnel contacted the truck's driver who said the passenger stopped breathing.

EMS personnel started CPR on the adult male passenger identified as Mitchell Robert Evans, 25, from Hillsboro. He was transported by ambulance to St. Anthony Hospital where he was pronounced deceased.